As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

